Amos 9:10

All the chatta'ei ami (sinners of My people) shall die by the cherev, 1 which say: The ra'ah shall not overtake nor come to us. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

In Context

9For, hinei, I will command, and I will sift 1 Bais Yisroel among all Goyim, 1 like as grain is sifted in a sieve, 1 yet shall not the least grain fall upon ha'aretz. 1

11In that Yom will I raise up 1 the Sukkat Dovid that is fallen, 1 and close up the breaches thereof; 1 and I will raise up his ruins, 1 and I will build it as in the yamei olam; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 10:11He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten; 1 He hideth his face; He will never see it. 1

Isaiah 5:19That say, Let Him make speed, and hasten His Ma'aseh, 1 that we may see it; 1 and let the Atzat Kadosh Yisroel (purpose of the Holy One of Israel) draw near and come, 1 that we may know it! 1

Isaiah 33:14The chatta'im (sinners) in Tziyon are terrified; 1 trembling hath seized the khanafim (hypocrites). 1 Who among us can dwell with the devouring eish? 1 Who among us can dwell with mokedei olam + 33:14 see Dan 12:2 (everlasting burnings)? 1

Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyah; for the torah shall not perish from the kohen, nor etzah from the chacham, nor the davar from the navi. Come, and let us attack him with the lashon, and let us not give heed to any of his devarim. 1

Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge out from among you the rebels and the posh'im against Me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn as gerim, and they shall not enter into Eretz Yisroel; and ye shall know that I am Hashem.

Amos 6:1Hoy to them that are complacent in Tziyon, 1 and have their bitachon in Har Shomron, 1 the notables of the foremost Goyim, 1 to whom Bais Yisroel comes! 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →

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